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Impressive for a budget guitar
The Fender Squier range has been a respectable brand ever since its introduction in the 1980's. This Thinline tele is no exception. I cannot understand how such a quality instrument can be produced for such little money.
It is not perfect. There were two scratch plate screws missing, but that was all. The finish is pretty flawless. it weighs next to nothing (2.7kg), the acoustic tone (which is frequently a good indicator of the eventual electric tone) is loud, bright and twangy, it has a comfortable, excellently finished neck with perfectly serviceable Kluson style tuners and the whole guitar generally looks the business.
They leave the truss rod slack for shipping, but this is a two minute adjustment and otherwise, intonation was well set and there really is nothing to complain about.
Of course the pickups could be improved but honestly, it still has the sound. It still sounds like a Telecaster. The bridge pickup is acceptable and the neck pickup typically weak — but good enough when both pickups are selected.
I gave up on trying to be responsible years ago, so these days my guitars are rarely less than a few thousand pounds. But I want a guitar that can get a scratch or a dent or two without giving me palpitations. Upgrade the pickups and it will be a solid and reliable worker.
It is not perfect. There were two scratch plate screws missing, but that was all. The finish is pretty flawless. it weighs next to nothing (2.7kg), the acoustic tone (which is frequently a good indicator of the eventual electric tone) is loud, bright and twangy, it has a comfortable, excellently finished neck with perfectly serviceable Kluson style tuners and the whole guitar generally looks the business.
They leave the truss rod slack for shipping, but this is a two minute adjustment and otherwise, intonation was well set and there really is nothing to complain about.
Of course the pickups could be improved but honestly, it still has the sound. It still sounds like a Telecaster. The bridge pickup is acceptable and the neck pickup typically weak — but good enough when both pickups are selected.
I gave up on trying to be responsible years ago, so these days my guitars are rarely less than a few thousand pounds. But I want a guitar that can get a scratch or a dent or two without giving me palpitations. Upgrade the pickups and it will be a solid and reliable worker.
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Great guitar for it's price
Worth the money, a bit of modification but it does the job pretty well
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Excelent buy
I am a beginner player. This guitar is easy to play, sounds great, and looks great. I enjoy it very much. Only problem was at a beginning when I had a buzzing string because of the nut slot not properly filed. Other than that quality is good and sound is excellent to my opinion.
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Great for the price - BUT
Got some troubles with the quality) After buying it sent it to my local guitar master, had to just disassemble and then fix many minor mistakes. I understand that transportation may cause minor problems with your instrument, but usually Squiers end up being worse in quality than many cheaper/equally priced instruments. After a week long set-up - perfectly playable and very cool sounding instrument. Just be ready for some work on your instrument if you’re going to purchase Squier
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great guitar
First special thanks to Thomann. They delivered this excellent guitar without any problem. Squier CV 60s Thinline has really good tone. I was really impressed with the neck on the guitar. It has a gloss urethane finish front and back. The fretwork is also good enough. Lighter than a typical telecaster
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overall feedback
amazing piece of kit sounded naff with 9 guage strings now fitted with dunlop 13s and hooked up to my marshal mg15msii it rivals my other tele's in my collection
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